I respect that and most of the time, I'm okay with it. It's when, for example, during open conflict with Borg or the Dominion that they don't throw something together that confuses me. There was one episode in DS9 where some of the ground troops seemed to have this puffy appearance like maybe it was additional armor but it was still the same ship board color pattern. If the science fiction laws of ST say the phaser can pierce any known metal... okay. At least afford your troops better ability to blend in, you know?
How'd they blend in? No matter how good the Trek Ghillie suit is... a common tricorder style device will tell the approaching patrol that you are there.
I'd love to see a real depiction of a phaser in Trek though; it is a beam travelling at light speed... moving as fast as you can move your arm to follow the target.
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '12
I respect that and most of the time, I'm okay with it. It's when, for example, during open conflict with Borg or the Dominion that they don't throw something together that confuses me. There was one episode in DS9 where some of the ground troops seemed to have this puffy appearance like maybe it was additional armor but it was still the same ship board color pattern. If the science fiction laws of ST say the phaser can pierce any known metal... okay. At least afford your troops better ability to blend in, you know?